[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19085: Removing First Submenu Page in Admin Menu breaks URL for Menu Page

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#19085: Removing First Submenu Page in Admin Menu breaks URL for Menu Page
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 Reporter:  mikeschinkel    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  major           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |
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Changes (by eclare):

 * cc: eclare (added)


Comment:

 This is a bigger issue -''' one can not make a link to the Menu item that
 is different from the 1st Submenu item.'''
 I know that "it's not a bug - it's a feature", but the side effect - like
 said above - is quite bad.
 This prevents removing some submenus, for example if I want to remove the
 "Home" that is the 1st submenu of the Dashboard menu, I use the following
 code:

 {{{
 add_action('admin_menu', 'register_custom_admin_menus');
 function register_custom_admin_menus() {
 remove_submenu_page('index.php', 'index.php');
 }
 }}}

 This will remove the "Home" menu, but as stated above, the current WP code
 makes it so the menu link for the Dashboard changes to the next submenu
 item, which is update-core.php (Update). This makes it impossible to
 access the Dashboard. This is just an example.

 I do not believe that plocha's patch fixes this. It looks like it only
 allows you to remove a submenu that has the same link as the main menu
 (which I believe is working without this patch), but it still doesn't fix
 the issue that the Menu links gets the new link from the 1st Submenu page.

 Therefore, I think this should be marked as needs-patch. Please correct me
 if I'm wrong.

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